RT Book, Section A1 Reynolds, Kim D. A1 Spruijt-Metz, Donna A1 Unger, Jennifer A2 Wallace, Robert B. SR Print(0) ID 1141972543 T1 Health Behavior Research and Intervention T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Medical PP New York, NY SN 9780071441988 LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141972543 RD 2024/10/04 AB Scientists from the Department of Health and Human Services, after reviewing causes of death in the United States, concluded that about half of all deaths could be attributed to a limited number of largely preventable behaviors and exposures.1,2 These scientists estimated external (nongenetic) modifiable causes of mortality for the year 2000 and concluded that tobacco, poor diet and physical inactivity, alcohol consumption, microbial agents, toxic agents, motor vehicle related fatality, firearms, sexual behavior, and illicit drug use accounted for the most mortality. Their analysis led Mokdad et al. to argue for increased efforts toward prevention in our health care and public health systems.2